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BOARD OF TRUSTEES 


CHARLES M. Pratt, President 


GEG.LDAPRATY FREDERIC B. PRATT, 
Sec’y and Treasurer 


ASSOCIATE COUNCIL 


FRANK L. BABBOTT Cuas. H. HALL 
Wm. j. CoomBs JOHN HUMPSTONE 
Cuas. O. GATES ROBERT J. KIMBALL 
JOHN GIBB HAYDEN W. WHEELER 
Wm. A. WHITE 
FACULTY, 


Freperic B. Pratt, Chairman 
Norman P. HEFFLey, Secretary 


Wma. A. MCANDREW EMMA O. Conro 
WALTER S. PERRY CHARLES R. RICHARDS 
HARRIET S. SACKETT HANNAH D. Mowry 


MARGARET HEALY 


NEW BUILDING 


INSTRUCTORS 


HIGH 


WILLIAM A. McANDREW 


CHARLES M. ALLEN 
PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY 


ApDRIAN M. YARRINGTON 
HISTORY AND ENGLISH 


Metvitte A. Marsu 
MATHEMATICS 


Wiruam J. McNEIL 


NATURAL SCIENCE 


GeorceE D. BartTLett 
LATIN AND MATHEMATICS 


HannaH D. Mowry 
FRENCH 


WILLIAM SKARSTROM 
PHYSICAL CULTURE 


Jessie A. Lines 
PHYSICAL CULTURE 


CHARLES W. EATON 
MECHANICS 


AND ASSISTANTS 


SCLLOWIs 


PRINCIPAL 


. . . . 


WILLIAM E. DRAKE 
WOODWORKING 


WILiiAM C. STIMPSON 
MOLDING AND FORGING 


GrorGce A. WHITE 
MACHINE WORK 


J. FREDERICK Hopkins 
MECHANICAL DRAWING 


HENDRIK VAN INGEN 
FREEHAND AND INSTRUMENTAL DRAWING 


EMMA R, BriLy 
FREEHAND DRAWING 


HoratiA B. CUNNINGHAM 
WOOD-CARVING 


ELLten L. RICHARDS 
DRESSMAKING 


Jesste H. Dirmars 
DRESSMAKING 


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HIGH SCHOOL—CONTINUED 


S. Etta HunTINGTON 
MILLINERY 


Jennie F. Brett 
SEWING 


GLENTWORTH R. But er, M.D. 
HYGIENE AND HOME NURSING 


A.ice D. GILLETTE 
COOKERY 


Emma A. Winsuip 


SECRETARY TO DEPARTMENT 


DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND FINE ARTS 


WALLER SS sek hey, 


DIRECTOR 


INSTRUCTOR IN HISTORY OF ART 


S. HERBERT ADAMS 
CLAY-MODELING, LIFE DRAWING 


IpA C. HASKELL 
ANTIQUE, COLOR, HEAD FROM LIFE 
KATHERINE E. SHATTUCK 
DRAWING, SKETCHING, NORMAL METHODS 
Mary A iis Huritsut 
DRAWING, SKETCHING, COLOR 

ETHELYN K. FENNER 

LIGHT-AND-SHADE-DRAWING, SKETCHING, COLOR 


Dora M. Norton 
LIGHT-AND-SHADE-DRAWING 


J. Freperick Hopkins 
MECHANICAL DRAWING, INSTRUMENTAL PERSPECTIVE 


C. Frank EDMINSTER 
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING 


VINCENT C. GRIFFITH 
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN 


Georce A. D. TEw 


TECHNICAL AND APPLIED DESIGN 


HoratiA B. CUNNINGHAM 
WoOOD-CARVING 


Mary E. Stockinc 
ART-NEEDLEWORK 


HENDRIK VAN INGEN 
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING 


Morre._ SMITH 
ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING 
WILLIAM CRAFTS 
MECHANICAL DRAWING 
CHARLES A. MEAD 
MECHANICAL DRAWING 
EMMA R. BriLi 
FREEHAND DRAWING 
HARRIETTE BOWDOIN 
FREEHAND CRAWING 
Henry C. LEHMANN 
FREEHAND DRAWING 
Mattie E. Goss 
ART=NEEDLEWORK 


MartTuHa S. BArRRIE 
CHILDREN’S CLASS 


Harriet M. Cox 
SECRETARY TO DEPARTMENT 


CLARA L. FAIRFIELD 
SECRETARY TO DEPARTMENT 


DEPARTMENT OF DOMESTIC ART 


HARRIET S. SACKETT 


HeLen M. BurGess 
DRESSMAKING 


Jessie H. Dirmars 
DRESSMAKING 


Emity M. CHAPMAN 
DRESSMAKING 


DiIRECTOR 


Appizt LoutsE MEAD 
DRESSMAKING 


ELIZABETH McJunkKIN 
DRESSMAKING 


ELLen L. RICHARDS 
DRESSMAKING 


DEPARTMENT OF DOMESTIC ART—CONTINUED 


MinnizE OLIVER 
MILLINERY 


E.Lta F. Crompton 
MILLINERY 


S. ELLA HuNTINGTON 
MILLINERY 


Eunice R. CAMPBELL 
SEWING 


CLARA TRUMBULL 


SEWING 
Jennie F, Brett 
SEWING 
Minnie F. Hutcuinson 
SEWING 


SopHte W. HAMILTON 
DRESSMAKING 


Anna M. Brett 
DRESSMAKING 


ELNA HEIDENHEIM 
DRESSMAKING 


Mary L. SARGENT 
DRESSMAKING 


Mary B. SANFORD 
MILLINERY 


ELIZABETH R. HALL 
SEWING 


Janet F. Hunter 
SEWING 


Jessie G. WHITING 
SEWING 


EMMA R. BriLe 
DRAWING 


Mary WIGZELL 
DRAWING 


Emity M. BisHop 
PHYSICAL CULTURE 


Apa A. M. Pratt 


SECRETARY TO DEPARTMENT 


SopuiA E, WHITE 
SECRETARY TO DEPARTMENT 


DEPARTMENT OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE 


EMMA O. CONRO 


DIRECTOR 


SCIENCE APPLIED TO THE HOUSEHOLD 


A.ice H. BECKLER 
CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 


GLENTWoRTH R. But er, M.D., 
PHYSIOLOGY ; HYGIENE AND HOME NURSING ; 
HYGIENE 


GeorcE M. STERNBERG, M.D., 
BIOLOGY, HOAGLAND LABORATORY 


PUBLIC 


MENcOo STERN 
GERMAN 


Auice D, GILLETTE 
COOKERY 


MARGARET T. HAMMOND 
COOKERY 


IsABEL D. BULLARD 
COOKERY AND LAUNDRY 


BERTHA ESTEY 
SUPERINTENDENT OF LUNCH ROOM 
FanniE U. BASssettT 
SECRETARY TO DEPARTMENT 


LoutsE FOWLER 
STENOGRAPHER 


DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND’ TECHNOLOGY 


CHARLES R. RICHARDS 


CHarLes W. EATON 
MECHANICS 


CuHares M. ALLEN 
PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY 


DIRECTOR 


MELVILLE A. MarsH 
MATHEMATICS 


WILLIAM J. McNEIL 


NATURAL SCIENCE 


DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE 


GeorceE D. BARTLETT 
MATHEMATICS 


C. Howarp PARMLY 
ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION 


DoucGLas BuRNETT 
PHYSICS 


Louis E. ACKERMAN 
PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY 


FRANK G. RosInson 
CHEMISTRY 


RUDOLPH SELDNER 
CHEMISTRY 
WILLIAM E. DRAKE 
WOODWORKING 


WILLIAM C. Stimpson 
MOLDING AND FORGING 


AND TECHNOLOGY—CONTINUED 


GeEorGE A. WHITE 


MACHINE WORK 
Jay B. LAMPMAN 
MACHINE WORK 
CHARLES H. TIEDMAN 
CARPENTRY 


Joun Topp 
PLUMBING 


GeorGE HEATH 
PLUMBING 
P. WILLIAM NELSON 
FRESCO PAINTING 
CHARLES CARLBERG 
FRESCO PAINTING 


James H. KELLy 
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING 


Epwin W. Foster 
SECRETARY TO DEPARTMENT 


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 


NORMAN P. HEFFLEY 


Lutu* Nase EsmMonp 
PHONOGRAPHY 


ISABEL GILLESPIE 
PHONOGRAPHY 

CAROLINE WYLIE 
PHONOGRAPHY 

ALICE FAIRFIELD 
PHONOGRAPHY 


Tuomas P. HEFFLEY 
TYPEWRITING 


DEPARTMENT OF 
HANNAH D. MOWRY 


Atice E. Fitts 
FROEBEL PSYCHOLOGY, GIFTS, OCCUPATIONS, 
FORM STUDY, AND COLOR: ~ 


Atice H. BEcCKLER : 
BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY 


Joxn J. Dawson * 
MUSIC 


GAMES, 


DIRECTOR 


Emma B. LupLow 
TYPEWRITING 


Morris L. MINER 
BOOKKEEPING, ARITHMETIC, AND PENMANSHIP 


ANNA L. CLARKSON 
BOOKKEEPING 


Erastus PALMER 
ENGLISH 


WILLIAM P. Lewis 
SPANISH 


KINDERGARTENS 


ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR 


KATHERINE E. SHATTUCK 
DRAWING 


Emity M. BisHop 
PHYSICAL CULTURE 


GLENTWoRTH R. BuTLer, M.D., - 
PHYSIOLOGY 


DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARIES 


MARGARET HEALY 


Mary W. PLuMMER 
LIBRARIAN 


Mary L. Avery 
; LIBRARY SCHOOL 


Acnes E. LITTLE. 


LIBRARY 
Mary C. Mosman 

LIBRARY 
SopHiA L. Bacon 

LIBRARY 


L. ATALANTA RAMSDELL 
LIBRARY 


Susie S. HAWKINS 
LIBRARY 


ANNIE MACKENZIE 
LIBRARY 


DIRECTOR 


Jutta C. Sturces 
LIBRARY 


ELIzABETH B. Faucon 
LIBRARY 


HELEN J. AITKEN 
LIBRARY 


Hettie D. Ester 
LIBRARY 


EpirH M. Pomeroy 
LIBRARY 
FLORENCE E. VAN VLIET 
ASTRAL BRANCH LIBRARY 


Maser M. Smitru 
ASTRAL BRANCH LIBRARY 


HELEN I. STUART 
STENOGRAPHER 


DEPARTMENT OF MUSEUMS 


J. FREDERICK HOPKINS 


ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR 


THE THRIFT 


J. Hotiis Gipson 
ASSISTANT MANAGER 


JoHN Carr Mappock 
BOOKKEEPER 


GENERAL OFFICE 


NORMAN P. HEFFLEY 


M. ADELAIDE Birp 
REG:STRAR 


ALFRED C. BEDFORD 
AUDITOR 


Lity Norton 
BOOKKEEPER 


S. Louise Girop 
STENOGRAPHER 


Henry R. DARBEY 
BUYER 


ASSISTANT SECRETARY 


Louise Lippitt 
ASSISTANT BOOKKEEPER 


WILLIAM SPALDING 
ASSISTANT BOOKKEEPER 


NELLIE C. CARROLL 
ASSISTANT STENOGRAPHER 


JosePH Foster 
ENGINEER 


MAIN BUILDING 


wratt Ynstitute 


AIM AND SCOPE 


2RATT INSTITUTE was established after many years 

of investigation on the part of its founder, Mr. Charles 
Pratt, of Brooklyn. Its object is to promote manual 
and industrial education, as well as cultivation in Lit- 
erature, Science, and Art; to inculcate habits of indus- 
try and thrift; and to foster all that makes for right living and 
good citizenship. 

In accordance with these principles, the work of the Institute 
is prosecuted upon four several lines, with four distinct aims in 
view. 

1. EDUCATIONAL, pure and simple: the purpose being the 
harmonious development of the faculties, as in the work of the 
High School. 


2. NorMat: the ultimate aim being the preparation of the 
student to become a teacher. Normal training is at present given 
in the Departments of Art, of Domestic Science, of Domestic Art, 
and of Kindergartens. | 

3. TECHNICAL: or special training to secure practical skill in 
the various branches of Industrial and Domestic Art, the Handi- 
crafts, and the Mechanical Trades. 

4. SUPPLEMENTARY AND SPECIAL: intended for the benefit of 
those who wish to supplement the training of school or college 
by attention to special subjects conducing to more intelligent di- 
rection of domestic, financial, social, or philanthropical interests; 
such training as is given in the Kindergarten, Domestic Science, 
Library School, and other classes. 

The Institute is provided with a liberal endowment, which 
enables it to make a merely nominal charge for tuition, and at the 
same time to secure the best talent and facilities for the accom- 
plishment of its aim and purpose. 

Pratt Institute occupies four large buildings—the Main Build- 
ing, the High School Building, the Science and Technology Build- 
ing, and the Trade School Building. Ground has already been 
broken for another building which shall contain large additional 
accommodations for students, as well as for the public features 
of the Institute work, such as the Museum, Auditorium, Lecture 
Halls, and Library. 

The Institute is under the control of a Board of Trustees, 
with a Secretary as executive officer. It is divided into depart- 
ments, the director of each being directly responsible for the 
work thereof. 

Instruction is given to both sexes in day and evening classes. 
The terms for day classes extend from September to July, and for 
the evening, from October to April. 

The first class was organized October 16, 1887, and num- 
bered twelve pupils in drawing. At present there are nine differ-.- 
ent departments with a total enrollment of 3,940 pupils. 


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The registration for the year 1891-92 was as follows: 


High School : : 
Department of Industrial and Fine Arts 
Department of Domestic Art and Science 
Department of Science and Technology 
Music Department 

Department of Commerce 

Library Classes 


In more than one department 


Individuals enrolled 


Members of The Thrift 
Members of The Library 


Day. Evening. Total. 
144 ee a 144 
559 333 892 
388 552 1,940 
80 232 312 
89 244 333 
133 293 426 
43 43 
2,436 1,654 4,090 
. : 149 
3,941 

630 

16,500 


CALENDAR 1893-94 


Day CLASSES. 


First term 
Second term 
Third term 


EvENING CLASSES. 


First term 
Second term 


Sept. 25-Dec. 22. 
Jan. 2-March 23. 
April 2—-June 22. 


Sept. 25—Dec. 20 
Jan. 2—March 23 


HoLipAys. 
Thanksgiving Day and the following day. 
Election Day. 
Washington’s Birthday. 


Good Friday. 
Memorial Day. 


HIGH SCHOOL 
W. A. McAnprew, 


PRINCIPAL 


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THREE YEARS’ COURSE FOR *BOYS-AND GIRLS 


SHE course is designed for those who have completed 
the equivalent of the work required to graduate from 
an ordinary grammar school. It includes a thorough 
and comprehensive training of mind and body, by 
means of the study of Language and Literature, 
Mathematics, History, and the Sciences, along with extensive prac- 
tice in Drawing, Tool-work, Domestic Science, Domestic Art, 
Music, and Physical Culture. The first aim of the school is to fit 
graduates for life work in general: the second, to prepare those 
who are to continue their education in advanced scientific or 
technical schools. 

The INstTRucTION is under the supervision of special depart- 
ments of the Institute. Each teacher is accordingly a specialist. 

The Buitpincs of the School are spacious, attractive, and 
well ventilated. 

The INstiruTE LIBRARY of 40,000 volumes is made a con- 
stant aid to the work of the 
School. 

The Work IN SCIENCE is in- 
dividual and experimental. The 
laboratories are five in number; 
devoted respectively to work in 


PHYSICS 


Biology, Physics, Chemistry (with lecture hall), Strength or 
Materials, and Steam. Each accommodates twenty-five pupils at 
a time. 

The WorKsHopPs are seven in number: joinery, lathe-room, 
forge-shop, foundry, tin-shop, vise-room for iron, and machine 
shop for iron, each accommodating twenty-five pupils at a time. 

SPECIAL FACILITIES.—The studios, laboratories, kitchens, and 
class rooms of the Art, Domestic Science, and Science and Tech- 
nology Departments, are used by the High School students. 

The GYMNASIUM is equipped with a complete apparatus, 
and has a special teacher for girls and one for boys. 

The ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, open to both boys and girls, 
has free tennis-courts, and fields 
4. for base-ball, foot-ball, archery, 
and general athletics. 


Opportunities for GENERAL 
CULTURE in the form of Lecture 
Courses, Concerts and Entertain- 
el is i ments in the halls of the Institute 

paige phage a are numerous. 

PRACTICE of eye, brain, ear, and hand under intelligent super- 
vision and friendly criticism, is in general, the method by which 
the instruction of the school is given. 

Five Hours, five days in the week, are devoted to Recita- 
tion, Shop Work, and Drawing. 

THREE Hours of outside study is the maximum required for 
preparation of each day’s lessons. Pupils requiring a longer time 
are insufficiently prepared for taking up the work of the school. 

FAITHFUL Work and satisfactory progress are strictly re- 
quired as a condition of remaining in the school. 

EXAMINATIONS in Geography, United States History, Spelling, 
Grammar, Arithmetic, and Algebra (through simple equations), 
must be passed by all applicants before entering the school. 


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FORGING 


These are held on June 23-24 and 
September 18-19, 1893.  Can- 
didates for advanced standing 
must pass, in addition to the 
above, examinations on studies 
previously pursued by the class 
which they wish to enter. 


The Expenses per term (three terms to each year) are: first 


year $10, second year $15, third year $20. 


Pupils furnish their 


own books, drawing instruments, and shop suits. 


LANGUAGE 
History 
MATHEMATICS 
SCIENCE 
DRAWING 


ManuaL Work 


Music . 


PHYSICAL CULTURE 


LANGUAGE 
HIsTORY 
MATHEMATICS 
SCIENCE 


DRAWING 


COURSEOF 


INSTRUCTION 
FIRST YEAR 


Composition. English classics 

Ancient. 

Algebra. Plane geometry. 

Physical geography. Physiology. Botany. 

Freehand and instrumental working drawings ; freehand, per- 
spective, cast drawing, design, developments and intersec- 
tions. 

For boys :—Bench work in wood ; wood-turning ; pattern- 
making. 

For girls :—Sewing. 
carving. 

Chorus singing. 


Hygiene, and home nursing. | Wood- 


SECOND YEAR 


Rhetorical analysis. English classics. 

Medieval and modern. 

Plane and solid geometry. Trigonometry. Surveying. 

Physics, with laboratory 
practice. 

Historic ornament, clay 
modeling, sketching 
and design, architec- 
tural and mechanical 
drawing. 


SEWING 


ManuaL Werk 


Music . 
PHYSICAL CULTURE 


LANGUAGE 
History 
MATHEMATICS 
SCIENCE 
DRAWING 


MaNnuaAL Work 


Music . 
PHYSICAL CULTURE 


For boys :—Foundry molding ; tinsmithing ; forging. 
For girls :—Dressmaking. Wood-carving. 
Chorus singing. 


THIRD YEAR 


English literature ; essays. French or German. 
Modern. Civics. Political economy. 
Principles of construction. © 


Chemistry, with laboratory practice. Metallurgy. 


For boys :— Advanced freehand and mechanical drawing. 
For girls :—Cast drawing, pen-and-ink sketching, water color 


and design. 


For boys :—Machine shop ; vise work ; machine tool work ; 


construction. 
For girls :—Cooking. Dressmaking. Millinery. 
Chorus singing. 


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LIFE CLASS 


DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND FINE ARTS 


WALTER S. PERRY, DIRECTOR 


AHE object of the Art Department is to provide thorough 
s =and systematic instruction in the industrial and fine arts. 
The various divisions are as follows: 


REGULAR ART COURSE | Antique, life, anatomy, color, sketching, and composition. 

Freehand and instrumental drawing, antique, color, design, 
clay-modeling, sketching, methods of teaching. 

CLAY-MODELING ; | Ornament, antique, life, designing in the round. 

Freehand drawing, color, decoration, applied design, 

| technical methods. 

Freehand and architectural drawing, historic styles, color, 
mathematics, and shop work. 

Freehand and mechanicai drawing, metallurgy, mathe- 
matics, mechanism, and shop work, 

Freehand and instrumental drawing, design, clay-model- 
ing, wood-carving. 

ART-NEEDLEWORK.. | Freehand drawing, color, design, art-needlework. 


The Art Department occupies at present fifteen studios in 
the main building. In due time it will be transferred to the 


NORMAL ART COURSE 


TECHNICAL DESIGN 


ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING « 


MECHANICAL DRAWING 


W 0oD-CARVING j | 


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new building of Fine Arts, which 
will contain the Library, the Mu- 
seum, the Auditorium, and twen- 
ty-four studios and class-rooms 
for the Art Department. - des rate 
Class and department Lec- " WOOD-CARVING CLASS 
tures are given on Perspective, Design, Historic Ornament, and 
Architecture, Color, Costume, Composition, Artistic Anatomy, 
and the History of Painting. 
REGULAR ART COURSE—FOUR YEARS. 


In the Regular Art Course, training is given in drawing 
from the antique, drawing the head and figure from life, anatomy, 
painting the head and figure from life, sketching, and composition. 

NORMAL ART COURSE—TWO TO FOUR YEARS. 

The Normal Art Course aims to prepare pupils to become 
teachers and supervisors of drawing in public and private schools. 

The course of study comprises the greater part of the 
first two years’ work of the Regular Art Course and, in ad- 
dition, Clay-modeling, Water-color, Instrumental - drawing, 
History of Education and Normal Teaching Exercises. 

CLAY-MODELING. 

The work of the classes in Clay-modeling is in four divi- 
sions: the first supplements drawing from the antique and from 
life; the second, for students of the Normal Class, includes work 
from ornament, from the round, and from life; the third meets the 
requirements of pupils in the Architectural and Wood-carving 
Classes; the fourth, planned for evening students, gives artistic 
training, especially adapted to the 
needs of artisans and designers. 


TECHNICAL DESIGN—TWO 
TO THREE YEARS. 


This course provides thorough 
instruction in the principles of 
_ Decorative and Applied Design, 

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NORMAL CLASS 


and in the technical methods 
of practical application, and qual- 
ifies students as professional de- 
signers. 

<r mae ARCHITECTURAL DRAW- 
MECHANICAL DRAWING ING—TWO YEARS. 

The course in Architectural Drawing aims to qualify stu- 
dents to become architectural draughtsmen. It comprises Ar- 
chitectural Draughting, Freehand Drawing, Design, the History 
of Architecture, Theory of Construction, Mathematics, and Shop- 
work. 


MECHANICAL DRAWING—TWO YEARS. 


The course in Mechanical Drawing, aims to equip 
students as thorough and practical draughtsmen, and also to fur- 
nish them with a general knowledge of Mathematics, Metallurgy 
of Iron and Steel, Machine Construction, and Elementary Steam 
Engineering. 

WOOD CARVING—TWO YEARS, 

The course of study provides instruction in Wood-carving, 
Freehand Drawing, Design, Clay-modeling, and the principles 
of Construction. From simple objects students advance to cabi- 
net-work and furniture, originating and applying their own de- 
signs. 


ART-NEEDLEWORK—TWO YEARS. 


The object of this course is to teach the principles and 
methods of Art-needlework, 
and to cultivate artistic taste in 
the choice of design, color and 
material, in articles for home 
decoration. A salesroom is 
connected with the department, 
the designs being furnished by 
a professional designer. 


MILLINERY CLASS 


DEPARTMENT: OF DOMESTIC ART 


HARRIET S. SACKETT, DIRECTOR 


HIS department provides comprehensive and sys- 


tematic courses of study in those subjects which are 
related to the healthful and appropriate clothing of 
the body. 

The laws of nature as interpreted by science and art 
are studied in their bearing upon the physical development and 
clothing of the human form. Such study leads to more healthful 
living, the cultivation of good taste, and wise economy, and sup- 
plements the education usually gained in school life. 

The courses now given are Physical Culture, Sewing, 
Dressmaking, Millinery, and Drawing in connection with dress- 
making and millinery. The courses of instruction are carefully 
graded not only to insure a thorough knowledge of the subject, 
but also to impress upon the pupil the value of order, accuracy, 
economy, and logical sequence. The methods of instruction are 
such as lead pupils to grasp the artistic and scientific principles 
underlying all good work, and encourage them to observe and 
judge for themselves, thereby gaining self-reliance. 


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EQUIPMENT. 

The ten rooms devoted to the work of the department are 
large, well lighted and ventilated, and fully equipped with all ap- 
paratus essential to good work. : 

The rooms also contain casts of the best sculpture, photo- 
graphs, colored plates of costume, and collections of textiles, as 
aids and incentives to artistic work. 

TECHNICAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY. 

The Museum contains many specimens of textiles and ma- 
terials in their crude and manufactured forms, which afford am- 
ple opportunity for study. 

In the Library are to be found the best and latest books 
treating of Domestic Art, to which the pupil has access. 

SEWING. : 

The course in Sewing includes all kinds of hand sewing, 
machine sewing, and the draughting, cutting, fitting, and making 
of under-garments, baby linen, and dresses of wash materials. 

DRESSMAKING. 

In the dressmaking course the pupil is first taught to 
make street dresses, including the 
draughting and fitting of differ- 
ent styles of skirts and waists. 

Then house and_ evening 
dresses, which embody _ artistic 
lines and harmony in coloring, 
are» undertaken. The making 
of tailor-finished jackets completes 
the course. 

MILLINERY. 

In this branch of the department instruction is first given in 
the making and trimming of all varieties of hats. 

The method of making bonnets, toques, and turbans is next 
taught. In order to gain experience with the least expense, use 
is made of practice materials, such as colored cotton flannel, to 


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DRESSMAKING CLASS 


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represent velvet, and harmonizing shades of sateen to represent 
silk and ribbon. Later, more elaborate hats and bonnets are 
made, using choice materials. 

Throughout the courses of sewing, dressmaking, and mil- 
linery, pupils furnish their own materials, and make articles for 
their personal use. 

METHOD CF INSTRUCTION. 

Instruction is given by means of class methods and recita 
tions, each pupil practically working out the principles of con- 
struction as learned and recorded in note-books. The work of 
each individual is carefully criticised and guided by the teacher. 

FORM AND COLOR. 

In order that the pupil may gain a knowledge of artistic 
design in relation to dress, a course in drawing is given in connec- 
tion with dressmaking and millinery. This includes water-color 
sketches of hats and gowns. | 

Talks are given on the selection of fabrics, harmony of 
color, and artistic anatomy and form. 

PHYSICAL CULTURE. 

The development of a strong and graceful body is an im- 
portant factor in the study of correct and artistic dress. The 
course in physical culture teaches the strengthening and freeing 
of the muscles, resulting in health of body, conservation of ner- 
vous energy, and grace of motion. 

General exercises are given for energizing every part of the 
body and establishing correct habits of carriage, movement, and 
breathing. 


CHILLREN’S SEWING CLASS: 


BIOLOGY CLASS 


DEPARTMENT OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE 


EMMA O. CoNnRO, DIRECTOR 


The prosperity of a nation depends upon the health and the morals of its 
citizens; and the health and the morals of a people depend mainly upon the food they 
cat and the homes they live in. ELiten H. RIicHarbs. 


F the national life thus depends upon the individual 
homes, the home demands the exercise of Woman's 
best powers broadly and carefully trained. 
That a purely intellectual culture has failed to 
accomplish with entire satisfaction the needful 
preparation for the many-sided and serious demands of daily life, 
is a matter of common observation. That the culture is at fault, 
or that it is superfluous, no one believes ; it is rather felt that 
something more is necessary. If, then, to a broad culture we 
add special instruction bearing directly upon health and life, 

the desired end is perhaps attainable. | 
With constant reference to health as the chief object 
sought, the purpose in the following Domestic Science courses is 
to afford training and instruction in these special subjects, which 
must be considered in the daily administration of every home. 
To meet the varied needs of students in these lines, Educa- 


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tional and Technical courses, affording both theoretical and prac- 
tical instruction, are offered. The Educational section includes a 
Normal course and special courses in household science, emergen- 
cies, hygiene and home nursing, and cookery, while the Techni- 
cal section offers simply practical instruction in cookery and 
laundry-work. 

EDUCATIONAL SECTION. 

The Normal course, which requires two years for its com- 
pletion, aims to meet the increased demand for teachers thor- 
oughly trained in Domestic Science. The work of the course, 
satisfactorily completed, will qualify pupils to fill positions as 
instructors in Domestic Science in private and public schools and 
in colleges. 

Instruction is given by means of lectures and recitations, 
supplemented by as much laboratory work as the best methods 
demand. Each branch of the work is under a specialist, and is 
often conducted in other departments than the Domestic Science. 

Large, well-appointed Chemical and Physical Laboratories, 
attractive kitchens, valuable charts and models, an extensive 
Library and a rich Museum, here constitute an efficient equip- 
ment for theoretical and practical work. 

LECTURES. 

The Normal work is supplemented by a series of lectures, 
open to the public, given by special investigators and acknowl- 
edged authorities in their respective fields. 

CURRICULUM. 

The course of study includes German ; Physics (energy 
and heat); Chemistry (general, 
qualitative, and quantitative) ; 
Chemistry of foods, Chemistry of 
Cooking and Calculation of Die- 
taries; Biology (Bacteriology, 
Physiology); Emergencies; Hy- 
giene and Home Nursing, and 


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CHEMISTRY 


Public Hygiene. The applied work includes courses in cookery, 
laundry-work, and sewing. 

The field work includes a study of manufacturing pro- 
cesses. Through this real knowledge of commercial methods, is 
acquired a valuable fund of information of practical use. 

Lectures upon Psychology and the History of Education, 
together with instruction in normal methods, observation of class 
work, and practice in teaching, receive due attention throughout 
the two years. 

A brief consideration of some of the more conspicuous 
branches of the Normal work will reveal something of its phi- 
losophy. 

A trained intelligence be- 
ing the aim, subjects contributing 
alike to training and to technical 
acquirement are fundamental. 
By following the steps which all 
properly-conducted laboratory 
work involves, the study of 
Physics and Chemistry will de- 
velop the daily demanded power 
to observe, to compare, to con- 
clude. Among the desirable habits formed will be those of system, 
accuracy, and economy. Aside from this inestimable training of 
mind and hand, any serious consideration of psychology and of 
foods requires the technical acquirement which these subjects 
confer. 

The chemistry of cookery and of foods, the study of fer- 
ments, of food adulterations and their tests, naturally follow as 
the resultant of the previous studies. 

The bearing of Bacteriology upon Sanitary Science renders 
desirable a scientific and practical study of this side of Biology. 

Primarily the purpose is to show that cleanliness is a first 
condition of sanitation. 


COOKING CLASS 


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COOKERY. 
The ideal diet is that combination of foods, which, while imposing the least 
burden upon the body, supplies it with exactly sufficient nutriment to meet its needs. 
Dr. SCHUSTER. 


The aim of the work in this direction is to illustrate applied 
Physics, Chemistry, and Physiology. 

The instruction based upon laboratory methods is both 
theoretical and practical. The chemical, physiological and eco- 
nomic consideration of foods, forms a parallel course with the 
instruction in the culinary treatment. 

Occasional papers are required, treating of various food 
ingredients and foods. The composition, sources, chemical and 
physical tests, microscopic features, food value, and cost, are 
some of the topics discussed. 

A nutritive, attractive, and varied bill of fare, at a minimum 
cost, is another form of written work occasionally required. 

TECHNICAL SECTION. 

In contradistinction to the study of cookery as applied 
science, is its study as an art only. 

To meet the requirements of students who desire only 
practical instruction, the following courses, elementary and ad- 
vanced, are offered. 

LAUNDRY-WORK. 

The instruction in this course embodies the practical treat- 
ment of every variety of article, from bed-linen to the most deli- 
cate colored silk embroidery. 


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COOKERY 


CHEMISTRY 


DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 


CHARLES R. RICHARDS, DIRECTOR 


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RAG HIS department affords instruction in various scien- 
tific and technical subjects, as well as a practical 
training for the principal mechanical trades. 

To carry out this work, the department is equipped 

with a series of Shops and Laboratories, which are 
supplied with every appliance that can in any way enlarge the 
scope and promote the efficiency of the instruction. 


The various divisions are as follows: 


SCIENCE. AND TECHNOLOGY 


Simple equations, factoring, fractions, quadratic 
ALGEBRA 1 
equations. 
Elements of plane and solid geometry, application to 
GEOMETRY methods of drawing and construction, practical 
problems. 
Puysics | Mechanics heat, sound, color, electricity. 
Chemical corny torte inorganic elements and com- 
CHEMISTRY pounds, qualitative Sh quantitative analysis, as- 
saying. 
Dynamic electricity, magnetism, applications to en- 
ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION gineering. 


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{ Theory of engine ; combustion and steam genera- 
| tion; construction, tests and measurements. 
- Behavior under strain; resistance to tension, com- 
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS. pression, shearing and bending ; application to 
building and machine construction. 

Elements of mechanism : transmission of motion ; 
MACHINE DESIGN : . ) bearings, friction-gearing, belting, cams, screws, 
linkwork, etc.; details of construction. 


MECHANIC ARTS 

( Care and use of tools ; methods of laying out work ; 
| joint-work, framing, details of house-building. 

\ Filing and fitting ; work on engine-lathe, plaining- 
| 


STEAM AND THE STEAM-ENGINE 


CARPENTRY 


MACHINE-WORK . machine, shaper, drill, milling-machine and grind- 
ing machine. 

Use of tools and solder ; making the various joints, 
working of sheet-lead, lining tanks, caulking iron 
pipe-joints ; bending ; drainage ; sewerage; ven- 
tilation. 

, Preparation of surfaces, mixing paints, plain painting 
on wood, brick, and plaster; varnishing, hard- 
wood polishing, polish white, gilding, lining, 
graining, paper-hanging. 

Preparation of surfaces, spacing, plain lettering ; or- 

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PLUMBING . 


HousE-PAINTING 


namental lettering in gold and colors ; painting 
on glass and metal. 

Preparing walls and ceilings for calcimine; lining ; 
laying out work ; making and applying pounce 
and stencil; putting on flat and shaded ornament; 
study of design, with practice in freehand draw- 
ing, drawing and painting of cast ornament, study 
of historic ornament, composition of ornament for 
wall and ceiling decoration. 


SIGN-PAINTING . 


FRESCO PAINTING 


Although the chief aim of 
the various courses is to afford 
instruction of direct value in in- 
dustrial and technical pursuits, 
they also serve to continue in 
certain lines the education of all 


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whose school training has been 
necessarily limited. 
ALGEBRA. : 

The primary object of the 
course is to give an elementary 
training which will allow the : 
student to take up the study of WOOD TURNIN 
scientific and technical subjects, such as those named below: 

GEOMETRY. 

The course is suitable for those who wish to acquire an 
elementary knowledge of the subject for practical purposes, or as 
a foundation for further study. 

PHYSICS. 

Throughout the course individual practice is afforded in the 
thoroughly-equipped Physical Laboratory, where many experi- 
ments are performed, and the principles brought out in the lec- 
ture-room are studied at first hand. 

CHEMISTRY. 

The course provides for consecutive work for three years. 
Theoretical instruction is given by means of lectures and recita- 
tions, and is followed at each session by individual practice in the 
Laboratory. 

ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION. 

The Laboratory work deals with the verification of the 
laws brought out in the lecture-room, and affords continuous 
practice in the use of measuring instruments, the voltmeter, am- 
meter, and Wheatstone bridge; and experimental study of the 
action of both continuous 
and alternating current 
dynamos and motor. 


STEAM AND THE STEAM- 
ENGINE. 
The Laboratory is equip- 


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MACHINE DESIGN 


ped with a ten-horse-power horizontal engine, and a vertical 
engine of the same power, specially arranged for experimenting ; 
also a hydraulic friction-brake, condenser, weighing-tanks, indi- 
cator, etc. Practice is obtained in setting slide-valve, taking 
indicator cards, and calculating horse-power and other data 
from the same, and in making efficiency tests of both boilers 
and engines. 
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS, 

The Laboratory is furnished with a 35,o00-pound Olsen 
testing-machine, a cement testing-machine, and a quantity of ap- 
paratus for individual experimentation. 

MECHANIC ARTS. 

Instruction is this department aims to give a thorough 
grounding in the principles of a mechanical trade, and sufficient 
practice in its different operations to prepare for active work. 
This end is reached by providing systematic courses of practical 
work, in which the reason for each step is carefully explained, 
and by frequent talks upon methods and material. Both day and 
evening classes are in operation. 

In the day class sufficient length of time is devoted to con- 
tinuous practice, to prepare beginners for practical work at the 
trades. 

The evening classes aim principally to broaden and extend 
the training of those already engaged at the trades. 


SIGN AND FRESCO PAINTING 


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DEPARTMENT 
OF 
COMMERCE 


Norman P. HEFFLey, 


DIRECTOR 


TYPEWRITING CLASS 


uk ALS ECOGNIZING the fact that business transactions enter 
as att / into every phase of modern life, and that this is essen- 


tially an age in which great commercial activity pre- 

vails, the Department of Commerce was organized 

for the purpose of giving more thorough instruction 

in studies pertaining to business and commercial operations. 
The courses of instruction at present are: 


History ; commercial, physical and industrial geo- 
graphy ; commercial law ; mechanical drawing ; 
political economy ; civics; English ; bookkeep- 
ing, or phonography and typewriting. 

Business, legal, and general reporting; English ; 


REGULAR COMMERCIAL COURSE 


PHONOGRAPHY 
unctuation ; correspondence. 
) 
TYPEWRITING spelling ; correspondence ; manifolding; mimeo- 
graphing. ° 
Boer AG All kinds of wholesale and retail business ; jobbing ; 
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commission ; banking ; business practice. 
Interest ; percentage ; discount; short methods ; 


ARITHMETIC AND PENMANSHIP . : 
rapid calculations. 


[ 
ae for business and general copying purposes ; 
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ENGLISH . . 4 Grammar ; rhetoric ; correspondence ; composition. 
Grammar ; conversation ; correspondence ; compo- 
SPANISH as 
sition, 


Lectures are given at stated intervals upon the history, de- 


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velopment, theory, and practice of the various subjects taught in 
the Department. 
REGULAR COURSE. 

The importance of possessing a more thorough commercial 
training than has heretofore been attainable by persons contem- 
plating entering upon a business career, is more appreciated each 
year. It is not essential for a young man entering business to be 
a college graduate, but he ought to be a high-school graduate. 
The clerk of this decade will be manager or partner in the next, 
and it is evident that the more thorough his preparatory training, 
the better qualified will he be to achieve future success. Boys are, 
as a rule, so anxious to leave 
school and obtain employ- 
ment, that they think they 
cannot afford the time neces- 
sary to acquire a high-school 
education, and devote a year 
or two in addition to com- 
mercial studies. The remedy 
for this is the establishment 
of schools to take the gram- 
mar-school graduate and give 
him a twoor three years’ course in combined high-school and com- 
mercial work. Our Regular Course is designed to meet this demand. 

PHONOGRAPHY AND TYPEWRITING. 

Within a comparatively short time, there has grown to be 
such a demand for shorthand and typewriting amanuenses in 
business, that a practical knowledge of shorthand and typewriting 
is now regarded as a necessary branch of business education. 
This demand has induced many persons to undertake these stud- 
ies Who were not qualified to become successful in their practical 
application. In order to secure the best results, no student under 
the age of seventeen is accepted, nor any who cannot pass a sat- 
isfactory examination in composition and English. 


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These two studies, although totally different in character, are 
so Closely allied in practice that a knowledge of both is requisite, 
and the aim of the Department is to give persons desiring to be- 
come amanuenses a thorough and practical training in the same. 
A special feature is made of punctuation, capitalization, para- 
graphing, and itemizing, and of intelligent revision of poorly-dic- 
tated sentences; also of dictation of matter bearing upon steno- 
graphic work as regards neatness, proficiency, perseverance, in- 
telligence, common-sense business ways, and courtesy. 

The system of phonography taught is known as the Benn 
Pitman system—arranged especially for pupils of the Institute— 
the course being divided into three grades. Each grade covers a 
term of three months, and students desiring to enter succeeding 
grades are obliged to pass an examination on the work of previ- 
ous grades. The course of study in typewriting, which covers a 
period of three months, is usually taken in connection with the 
study of phonography, and may be pursued at the same time. 

BOOKKEEPING. 

The science of bookkeeping, or accountantship, in its 
broadest sense, is the basis of all business education. The im- 
portance of this work led to the establishment of classes in which 
the principles of the science and their application are thoroughly 
taught. The aim is to give a comprehensive understanding of 
the systems of double-entry books required in different kinds of 
wholesale and retail business; also jobbing, shipping, and com- 
mission, installment business, joint-stock companies, corpor- 
ations, and manufacturing concerns. Single entry is explained 
in its relation to double entry. 
Special drill is given in journaliz- 
ing, analysis of accounts, detect- 
ing errors in trial balances, short 
methods in interest, discount, 
multiplication, etc., rapid addi- 
tion, and computations generally. 


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PHONOGRAPHY CLASS 


The students are also made familiar with business terms, transac- 
tions, correspondence, and all forms of commercial paper. 


ARITHMETIC AND PENMANSHIP. 


The importance in all departments of commercial life of ac- 
curacy in figures, and of good penmanship, is fully recognized. 
The subject of Arithmetic is presented from a business point of 
view, and the short methods employed are especially valuable in 
securing ease and rapidity in computations; while Penmanship is 
taught in a practical manner, with a special view to acquiring a 
good business hand. Particular stress is laid upon fractions, per- 
centage, interest, discount, commission, exchange, equation of 
accounts, banking, stocks, etc. 


ENGLISH. 


The instruction includes the elements of language, and the 
simplest forms of rhetoric. The composition work consists of 
descriptions, narratives and letters, while common grammatical 
and rhetorical errors are corrected as they present themselves. 
The theory of punctuation is carefully developed. The require- 
ments of social and business conversation and correspondence are 
continually presented to the student’s attention, and the needs of 
those who are already engaged in business are considered, as well 
as of those preparing for commercial pursuits. 


SPANISH. : 
In view of the present and prospective trade relations be- 
tween the United States and the Central and South American 
countries, and because of the fact that this language has not 
yet received the attention which, from 
its commercial importance it merits, 
classes in Spanish have been organ- 
ized to prepare students for positions 
as stenographers, salesmen, and 
clerks who are able to correspond 
and converse in Spanish. 


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PHONOGRAPHY 


FREE KINDERGARTEN 


DEPARTMENT OF KINDERGARTENS 


HANNAH LD. Mowry, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR 


HE aim of the Kindergarten Department is to give to 
all women who desire to become professional kin- 
dergartners a thorough training for their work ; to 
help mothers to understand the psychological de- 
velopment of the child, and to appreciate the kin- 
dergartner’s aim, so that mother and teacher may work in_har- 
mony; and to give to every woman a higher self-culture and 
power for usefulness. 
THE REGULAR COURSE. 

This extends throughout two school years, those per- 
sons only being accepted who have previously received a 
good English education. The outline of work is comprehen- 
sive, including the study of Art 
and Science, in connection with 
the regular Kindergarten Games, 
Gifts, Occupations, Songs, and 
Stories. Lectures on Psychology 
and Education are given to the 


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CLASS IN HAND WORK 


advanced classes. These aim to give deeper insight, and broader 
knowledge of the underlying principles of the new education. 

Classes are arranged to meet the needs of special students, 
Whether Kindergartners, teachers, or mothers. 

MOTHERS’ CLASSES. 

‘‘The work of education really begins with the birth of the 
child, and must be at first pursued in the family.” In accordance 
with this principle classes have been formed to study Froebel’s 
book for mothers, known as ‘‘ Mother Play and Nursery Songs,” 
or ‘‘ Mutter und Koselieder.”” This book deals with the very first 
training of the child’s body, his limbs and senses, as well as with 
that of his soul, his mind, and his whole inner nature. In con- 
nection with this study are given instructions in the Gifts, Games, 
and Occupations of the Kindergarten, as best adapted to the 
family. Thus the interests of the child are consulted by both 
mother and teacher working in harmony. 


SCIENCE CLASS 


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DEPARTMENT OF MUSEUMS 


J. FREDERICK HopkKINS, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR 


@HIS Department has for its purpose the acquisition, 
classification, and exhibition of the collections of 
illustrative material required by the work of the 
Institute. It is organized broadly under three sub- 
divisions, namely, the Artistic, Industrial, and Phy- 


sical Sections. 

The Artistic collections are located, for the present, in the 
various rooms of the Art Departments, or are arranged on the 
walls of the halls and classrooms throughout the building. These 
collections consist of representative casts of Historic Architecture, 
Sculpture and Ornament; Bronzes, Ceramics, Textiles, etc. ; and 
a large number of Photographs, Engravings, and Lantern Slides, 
illustrative of art development of all ages. 

The Industrial collections are arranged in suitable cases in 
a spacious hall in the main building, and are designed to illustrate, 
by means of specimens and models properly classified and labeled, 
the consecutive stages through which materials of various kinds 
pass in their transition from the crude state to the finished article. 


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With these strictly technical collections are placed, wherever 
possible, a sufficient number of artistic examples to show toward 
what result all industrial labor should aspire. 

The Physical Section includes the organic and inorganic 
collections necessary to illustrate the scientific work of the Insti- 
tute, and is disposed at present, partly in the Museum Hall and 
partially in the different classrooms. This section contains sets 
of rocks and minerals representing the materials of which the 
earth is composed, and from which almost all inorganic substances 
used in the arts are obtained. 

All the specimens under the control of this Department 
are intended to be used in illustrating the lectures and class work 
of the Institute, and while generally displayed in their usual loca- 
tion, are loaned from time to time to whatever Departments may 
require their use. 


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FREE LIBRARY, READING-ROOM, AND 
REFERENCE ROOM 


MARGARET HEALY, DIRECTOR 


SHE Library endeavors to keep pace with the growth 
of the Institute by adding constantly to its shelves 
the best books in general literature as well as those 
of a technical nature. It has two functions to per- 
form; that of a Reference Library for the students and 
teachers of the Institute, and for all to whom it can be of service 
in this way; and that of a Free Circulating Library which ministers 
to the entertainment as well as instruction of the general public. 
Its fiction is chosen with care, in order that even in the province 
of entertainment it may be a real help to the community. 

At present it numbers some 40,000 volumes, while the 
reading-room contains about 175 of the leading American, Eng- 
lish, French and German periodicals. 

The reference-department comprises about 900 works of 
reference, in addition to between 4,000 and 5,000 bound volumes 
of periodicals, and many government documents of use to the stu- 
dent. The reference-shelves 
are free to all readers, tables 
are provided for greater ease in 
consulting books and taking 
notes, and assistance in look- 
ing up information may be 
had whenever needed. 


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REFERENCE DEPARTMENT 


All departments of the Library are free to residents of 
Brooklyn who offer a responsible citizen as guarantor; and 
persons visiting the city for a month or longer may have the same 
privileges if provided with the same kind of guarantee. Extra 
privileges are given toteachers. Children under fourteen years of 
age may have cards of membership, but must draw books from a 
special list prepared for the purpose by the Library authorities: 
This restriction, however, does 
not deprive the child of enter- 
taining reading. 

CLASSES. 

The difficulty of finding 
trained assistants was experi- 
enced in the first year of- the 
Library’s existence. Classes in 
pe , library training were organized in 

READING ROOM 1890, and each succeeding year 
has seen improvements in the course. The branches taught are 
Cataloguing, Library Economy, Reference Work, and General 
Literature. The last two, though included in the work in Library 
Economy, are also open to the public. 

The course in Cataloguing, as well as that in Library 
Economy, occupies six months, from October to March inclusive, 
in terms of three months each. It is followed by an apprentice- 
ship term of three months for all students whose progress and 
standing warrant the privilege. 

BRANCHES. 

The Astral Library, Java Street, has a collection of over 
2,000 volumes, and is also a de- 
livery station for books from the 
main Library, which are sent out 
daily as called for. 


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HE work that The Thrift does is to encourage its 
members to form habits of saving; to help them to 
become prudent and wise in the use of money and 
time, by offering them a safe and simple method 
by which they may make regular monthly pay- 

ments for the purpose of accumulating a fund for buying homes 

for themselves; and to loan to such persons as wish to borrow 
for this purpose. 

Any person, whether an attendant at the Institute or not, 
may become a member of The Thrift upon complying with the 
regulations. 

The Thrift is divided into three branches—the Investment 
Branch, the Deposit Branch, and the Loan Branch. Persons may 
avail themselves of any branch without becoming identified with 
the others. 

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5 per cent. per annum, will amount to $150. At the end of ten 
years a premium of $10 a share will be paid. 

Deposit accounts for $5 or over are opened for those who 
do not desire to bind themselves to a regular monthly payment. 
Subsequent deposits will be received at any time in sums not less 
than $1.50. Interest at 4 per cent. per annum will be allowed 
on all sums exceeding $5. 

Stamps of five, ten, twenty-five and fifty-cent denomina- 
tions may be purchased at any time at the office of The Thrift. 
These stamps are to be attached to stamp cards, which will be re- 
ceived as payments on subscription or deposit accounts, and the 
amount transferred to the depositor’s pass book. 

In the Loan Branch, sums of any amount will be loaned 
for the purchase of private houses, shops, and other real property 
in Brooklyn; but it is the special object of The Thrift to encourage 
the purchase of dwelling houses by persons for their own occupa- 
tion. | 

Loans are repayable by monthly installments which shall 
totally extinguish principal and interest; and when they are all 
paid, the house will become the property of the borrower, free 
from liens. 


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REAR VIEW 


GENERAL REMARKS 


LECTURES. 


Lecture Courses. It is intended that these shall bear 
directly upon the work of the Institute in all its 
phases, thus including practical instruction upon 
those matters which pertain to right modes of liv- 
ing, the problems of Political and Social Life, Domestic Economy, 
Sanitary Science, Literary Culture, Ethics, etc. 

While many of these courses may be given to pupils only, 
as a part of the regular work of the Institute, yet many others 
will be so arranged as to meet the wants of those not otherwise 
connected with the Institute, who wish the opportunity to obtain 
systematic instruction upon subjects of interest and importance. 

CHORAL SOCIETY. 

The object of this Society is to encourage a more general 
appreciation and use of vocal music among the people. Vocal 
music is recognized as a valuable aid to moral, intellectual, 
eesthetic, and physical development. The system of notation used 
is the Tonic Sol-Fa, and as the Society is composed of certificated 
sol-faists, each member is an intelligent reader of music. Works 


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of the best class are studied, and concerts are given from time to 
time at nominal rates of admission. 
PHYSICAL CULTURE. 

Systematic instruction in’ physical culture is given to all 
stuaents of the High School and to all members of the Athletic 
Association. 

The Gymnasium is located in the basement of the High 
School Building, and. is thoroughly equipped with apparatus and 
facilities for the development of physical health, beauty and 
strength. 
In addition to the Camesinin the Institute possesses 
several acres of ground which are utilized for tennis, ball, and 
other games. 

LUNCH ROOM. >? 

In the ierhent of the: main building isi a comimodiene 
lunch room where simple meals, well served, are furnished noon 
and evening at moderate prices. 


OFFICE HOURS. 


Daily, except Saturday . . 9.00A.M. to 5.00P. M. 
Saturday , . 9.00 A. M. to 3.00 P. M. 
Evenings, Mondey, Wein 

and Friday:;...; . 7.30 P. M. to 9.00 P. M. 


Further information may be obtained from the Catalogue, 
or upon application in person or by letter at the office of the 
Institute, Ryerson: Street, between DeKalb and een 
Avenues. . 

Naarett FREDERIC B. PRATT, 
or | Secretary. 
Brooktyn, N. Y., May, 1893. 


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